[Bug 2072443] Re: sudo doesn't work with chown in ubuntu24.04 LTS

[Paul White]

After seeing "which raises the question of exactly how many characters
are used of the UUID in the identification process." I'm moving this to
the coreutils package so that Ubuntu's Foundations team can review this
issue and decide whether or not a bug has been found and needs to be
fixed.

** Tags added: noble

** Package changed: ubuntu => coreutils (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  sudo doesn't work with chown in ubuntu24.04 LTS

Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have just upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04LTS and was trying to set up my system when I came across this challenge.
  Used both GUI and CLI to check ownership of several files and directories.  Found root as owner.  Used CLI to change both group and owner separately and together.  
  ' sudo chown -v ian:ian  /media/ian/Data/tempstore/Pictures/'
  [sudo] password for ian:
  changed ownership of '/media/ian/Data/tempstore/Pictures/' from root:root to ian:ian'
  Unfortunately when checked no changes had taken place on the directory or any files in later attempts.

  I tried using libre office to change a file contents in the directory
  'Pictures' and it saved the changes just fine even though I wasn't a
  superuser but digikam wouldn't add new files from that or any other
  directory - message was 'No new files to add' or similar.

  I would have included screen shots but couldn't get them to upload. Sorry.
  lsb_release -rd gives 
  'Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS       
   Release:     24.04'
  This could be in one or more of several packages from low level disk handling upwards so no suspected package for bug source.

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